A TEARFUL prostitute has told a jury how she was subjected to a humiliating ordeal when she was attacked by a bank worker in a field.

The woman from Huddersfield, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is alleged to have been one of six women attacked by 31-year-old Paul Burns during a spate of incidents over an 11-month period.

The sex worker, who willingly got into a black Audi in May last year, described Burns as “a smooth talker” and said she felt comfortable with him until he became aggressive.

She claimed that Burns had snorted a white powder after taking her into a field in Elland in the early hours.

A jury at Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that the woman had agreed to perform a sex act with Burns, but she alleged that he pushed her onto the ground and pinned her down by kneeling on her and grabbing her by the throat.

The woman said she lied to him about having two children after he threatened to kill her.

“He said he’d kill me if I didn't agree to what he wants,” she said.

“He tied me up with my own bra. He was ripping my clothes off me.”

The woman, whose hands were allegedly tied with her bra, said she thought she was going to die.

The prostitute said she felt humiliated and disgusted by what had happened to her.

Burns, who denies a series of charges relating to the various incidents, is said to have left the prostitute in the isolated field after taking back the money he had given her.

In February this year he is alleged to have attacked the same prostitute again after picking her up in Huddersfield and taking her to a hotel.

The woman insisted that she had not recognised him the second time because he had lost weight and appeared taller.

She said she only realised who he was when he again used drugs and started strangling her.

During cross-examination by Burns’ barrister the woman rejected suggestions that she had recognised him the second time and had wanted to get her own back on him for earlier incident in the field.

Burns, who has worked at bank branches in various towns and cities including Bradford, Huddersfield and Brighouse, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of false imprisonment, two of sexual assault, one of attempted sexual assault, three of assault and two allegations of committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.

The prosecution has alleged that Burns, of Valley Mill, Park Road, Elland, committed offences against three prostitutes, a hotel receptionist, a sales assistant and a teenage girl during an 11-month period between March 2008 and February this year.